10 features in iOS 10 that business users will love

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Apple's latest operating system for iPhone and iPad, iOS 10, is now available and full of new features.

While it's fun to play with the new iMessage app, there's also new stuff for the people who use their iPhones and iPads for work and features for the IT people who manage fleets of devices for employees.

Until a couple of years ago, Apple had sort of ignored this class of users. But when iPad sales started to wane, it looked around and saw a massive market: enterprises.

It started signing partnerships to make its products more attractive to this group, including one with Cisco, announced a year ago.

So iOS 10 includes some features from its work with Cisco, as well as a few other things that improve it as a device for work.

Better WiFi connections as you roam around a corporate campus with your device: The connection won't drop or stall if it needs to switch WiFi networks. This only applies to WiFi networks built with Cisco gear, but Cisco is the largest supplier of WiFi.

More bandwidth for business apps: IT managers can "whitelist" the business apps installed on your phone. So when your co-workers in the next cubical are watching video or playing games, they won't overload the Cisco WiFi network. Your work app will get priority.

Overall, an iOS 10 device on a Cisco WiFi network will be up to 8 times faster roaming, Cisco says, and have 90% fewer web browsing failures, up to 66% more reliable calling. For IT folks, it will reduce the "management traffic overhead" on the WiFi network by half.